The organizers of the trade blockade of Donbass are going to expand it

A trade blockade of Donbas are planning to expand. «We will this blockade to expand,» — said in the broadcast channel «112 Ukraine», co-organizer of the blockade of the railway in the Luhansk region, the second commander of the battalion «Donbass» Anatoly Vinogrodsky.

On specifying question, whether we are talking about the demarcation line, he said «we are talking about the entire border line with the country-aggressor».

«On a locked thread is a locomotive with wagons. There is our tent. About 20 people, which change every 8 hours. Now catch up with people from other areas. First came the guys from Volhynia, now catch up with the guys from Zaporozhye, Kiev region,» — said Vinogradskiy.

According to him, Lugansk region is connected with the occupied territories the two branches of Railways, one of which was blocked by a blockade.

«The documents that we got on the stretch of the branches that we closed, we saw that this branch was held in the day from 7 to 12 compositions, which were from 50 to 65 cars,» — said the co-organizer of the blockade.

Answering the question, was there any reaction to the blockade on the part of law enforcement agencies of Lugansk region, Vinogradska said: «we in the Luhansk region a very good relationship with law enforcement».

Recall, January 25, veterans of the ATO blocked Railways Luhansk-Popasna in the trade blockade of the occupied regions of Donbas, the actions of the ATO veterans was blocked traffic of 12 trains with a total of 700 cars. Yesterday a post of the veterans of the ATO in railway Luhansk — Popasna tried to break through.

Now blocked one section of the railway Lugansk-Lysychansk — Popasnaya near cut Mining and gold.

Head of communication Department of the Main Directorate of the National police in the Luhansk region Tatyana Pogukai said that assessment of the actions of former members of the ATU and the people’s deputies, who blocked the railroad in Lugansk area on the boundary line, must give the security service and the Prosecutor General’s office.

Then the Prosecutor’s office opened proceedings on the fact of blocking a road in the Luhansk region. Press Secretary of Prosecutor’s office of Luhansk region Anna Zykovasaid that on 41-m kilometre of a stage, there are about 55 persons in camouflage uniforms, among which MPs Simon Semenchenko Pavel Kostenko Taras Shepherd, Vladimir Parasyuk. They were placed on the railway track three wooden «hedgehog» and blocked shipments that were moved in the uncontrolled Ukrainian government territory.

«Data on this fact are brought in eRDR with preliminary qualification on h 1 of article 279 of the Penal code, the blocking of transport communications by the device of obstacles which broke normal work of transport. The punishment envisages a fine of 50 to 150 non-taxable minimum, or correctional labor up to 2 years or arrest till 6 months or restriction of freedom up to 3 years», — reported in Prosecutor’s office.

The head of the SBU Basil Gritsak negatively regarded actions of people’s deputies had blocked part of the railway in the region, urged them to act by legal means.

A share of veterans of the ATO to block trade with groups temporarily controlling certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, and criticized the head of the Lugansk regional military-civil administration Yuriy Garbuz. According to him, the protesters in Lugansk region blocked designed for the transportation of coal, empty cars, and the event threatens the energy security of the whole country.

In addition, Hrytsak said that the State fiscal service (GFS) will be the main body that will deal with issues of movement of goods «to» and «from» ORDO, whereas previously these issues were in the competence of the interdepartmental group.

The organizers of the trade blockade of Donbass are going to expand it 29.01.2017